John Paul Stevens

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u.s. supreme court justice from 1975 to 2010. nominated by president gerald ford, stevens was not considered particularly conservative or liberal until the court shifted towards the right in the late 1980s, and stevens’s opinions began to carry a more liberal bent when compared to those of his colleagues on the court.

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